DPS: N.M. man fatally struck by vehicle

A New Mexico man died when he stepped out onto a highway and was hit by an unknown vehicle early Friday morning in Donley County, Texas Department of Public Safety troopers said.

At 1:28 a.m., the vehicle was headed eastbound on U.S. Highway 287 near mile marker 173 when Nicholas Eskeets, 29, of Gallup, N.M., stepped onto the road from the east side of the highway, authorities said.

The vehicle left the scene of the incident and has not been located, and Eskeets was pronounced dead at the scene at 1:57 a.m., authorities said.